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Saint-Gobain’s Sustainability Podcast Aims for Accessibility to Capture Broad Audience
Every industry has its techno-speak and sustainable construction is no different. Clinkerization? Embodied emissions? Xeriscaping? These terms may be familiar to sustainability-focused AEC professionals, but that’s not the audience global construction giant Saint-Gobain is after with its podcast Constructing New Wor(l)ds, which launched earlier this year and recently added 20 […]
The AI Supercycle: AI’s Emerging Impact on the Built World
This is a sponsored message from BlackHorn Ventures. Driving Construction Productivity, Profitability and Safety Welcome to the AI Supercycle – a time of rapid growth and innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) with far-reaching implications for the $14 trillion global construction industry! Breakthroughs in machine learning infrastructure, vector databases, natural language processing […]
Key Takeaways from our Sustainable Jobsites Annual Benchmarking Report
BuiltWorlds recently published its annual Sustainable Jobsites Benchmarking report in addition to four tech specialty reports on sustainable jobsite technology, covering emerging tech solutions that drive innovation across the industry. These reports cover ESG Tracking and Compliance, Waste Management, Water and Electricity Utilities Tracking and Equipment Fuel Alternatives. Both the […]
C-Suite Leaders Convene at BuiltWorlds Forum to Discuss Organization Strategies, Industry Advances
Mobile, cloud computing, and IoT technology – all fueled by a tsunami of venture capital investment and growing M&A activity – has made it imperative for AEC CEOs to understand the technology landscape and formulate strategies for adapting their organizations effectively in the face of disruption. Now, as business leaders […]
Is Smarter Construction Equipment the Answer To Construction’s Growing Skills Shortage?
The construction industry is facing a massive and growing labor shortage. Despite rising interest rates and a downturn in the commercial real estate industry, the bureau of labor statistics reported job openings in the sector remaining stubbornly in the 500,000 range, 441,000, exactly. As the industry struggles to add employees […]
Embodied Carbon, Mass Timber and Upstream Impacts: Q&A with ZGF Architects’ Marty Brennan
Prefabrication for the ZGF-designed remodeling of Portland’s international airport terminal, the first airport to have a mass timber roof. Image courtesy of ZGF Building Conference Preview Marty Brennan, principal at ZGF Architects, has long focused on designing projects that support healthy, sustainable buildings and communities. As a sustainability leader, he’s […]
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